Corn: In a prior sample of corn, farmer Carl finds that 12% of the sample has worms but the margin of error for his population estimate was too large. He wants to set the margin of error to be 2.5% at the 95% confidence level. Enter your answers as whole numbers. (a) What is the minimum sample size required to obtain this type of accuracy? Use his prior sample proportion in your calculation.
The minimum sample size is
ears of corn.

(b) What is the minimum sample size required to obtain this type of accuracy when you assume no prior knowledge of the sample proportion?
The minimum sample size is
ears of corn.

Identify the statement below as either descriptive or inferential statistics. upper a certain website sold an average of 117 books per day last week. is the statement an example of descriptive or inferential statistics? a. it is an example of descriptive statistics because it uses a sample to make a claim about a population. b. it is an example of inferential statistics because it uses a sample to make a claim about a population. c. it is an example of inferential statistics because it summarizes the information in a sample. d. it is an example of descriptive statistics because it summarizes the information in a sample.